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Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments by kragen on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @11:23PM (#36966603)
it's not such a politically popular activity as to attract subsidies; it is tolerated and pitied rather than lauded and promoted
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Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments by cthalupa on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @12:00AM (#36966795)
No one is saying they are subsidizing people scavenging. They're talking about farther up the chain.
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Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments by kragen on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:15AM (#36967195)
i think rather that the activities further up the chain are profitmaking industries that are, on net, taxed rather than subsidized
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